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I have serious questions about some of our coaches. What have Banks and Flood really done the last few years? AJ Milwee seems like a yes man. And has Chris Jackson made our WR room any better? Clark doesn’t seem so good right now and I will never understand PKs love for playing corners 10 yards off at all times.

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12 hours ago, BurgleBro said:

It still hasn't really really sunk into my head how badly Sark has fucked up the management of this team.  Like i see all the evidence and my brain just won't fully believe it went to this level of shit so badly and quickly. 

Sark was caught on national tv picking his nose and eating his boogers. This shouldn’t be surprising to any of us. 

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10 hours ago, Vanilla Strange Gato said:

This is his “winning is hard” quote that will be recalled for years. 

Pure defensiveness instead of accepting the reality of sheer underperformance this season and talking about the fact they need to improve and how. This is what poor leaders, and those who have no idea how to change what's not working, do.

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11 minutes ago, TexasExe14 said:


So the same guy who said this, is the same guy who was resting players because he thought we were going to be in the playoffs again?

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Yes. He is using the Lakers load management model for a college football team. JK. I know he’s doing what the NFL does which probably will never work in college…but damn. We might make a bowl game and the draft eligible players will load management themselves out of playing in that anyway. 

Sark’s March 2025 seismic philosophy shift to the NFL model has proven so far to be a dumpster fire. He says in his quote from the 3-11-25 interview that we have to be adaptable to change and all that. Yet he stubbornly refuses to get up in the booth.

We had year of year improvement record wise for the past four years. Despite having a shitload of penalties and OL woes and being nearly dead last in RZ offense the past 3 years we were still rolling.

So much so almost all of us thought we could expect to make the playoffs again and contend for a title. And Sark who is stubborn as heck as an OC flipped the entire philosophy in March. Let’s blow up what was actually working before with a couple of new people on staff and a bunch of new players and go batshit mode. 
 

unless you are Allen Iverson practice does actually matter. 

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Tuesday: Bobby

Summary of his stance:

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Also, apparently Drevno has been in Austin since May. So, let's not give Sark any credit for reacting to the fact the OL play is ass. 

Spoiler

Tuesday

 

Bobby Burton

By Bobby Burton

  • 1 hour ago
 

I’m amazed.

I probably shouldn’t be, given that I’ve been covering college football and the Longhorns for 30+ years.

But it still gets me every time.

The sheer amount of people who expect absolute perfection on every snap, in every game, and from every player with no or little regard to their experience level, their talent level or the talent and experience level of their opponents.

I’m not talking about fair, honest critiques.

I’m talking about the folks who don’t seem to understand that context matters.

**

I would also like to remind folks who want to fire this coach or that coach, it was just four short years ago that Texas went 5-7. It was just two years ago when Texas finally (and legitimately) re-entered the conversation of elite teams on a national level after more than a decade in the wildnerness.

By no means am I absolving the coaches from responsibility for a team’s current performance.

But we’re a grand total of 5 games into this season. Texas has lost on the road to Ohio State and Florida. Context matters.

There’s still a lot of season left. I suggest we let it play out before jumping off bridges, starting this weekend in Dallas.

**

There was a report yesterday that Texas has added the services of an additional offensive line coach, Timmy Drevno.

That report is accurate. However, it’s not anything new.

Drevno joined the Texas coaching staff back in May and has been in Austin ever since. 

**

Texas 20 - OU 17

Hook’Em!

 

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4 minutes ago, MuellerHorn said:

Tuesday: Bobby

Summary of his stance:

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Also, apparently Drevno has been in Austin since May. So, let's not give Sark any credit for reacting to the fact the OL play is ass. 

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Tuesday

 

Bobby Burton

By Bobby Burton

  • 1 hour ago
 

I’m amazed.

I probably shouldn’t be, given that I’ve been covering college football and the Longhorns for 30+ years.

But it still gets me every time.

The sheer amount of people who expect absolute perfection on every snap, in every game, and from every player with no or little regard to their experience level, their talent level or the talent and experience level of their opponents.

I’m not talking about fair, honest critiques.

I’m talking about the folks who don’t seem to understand that context matters.

**

I would also like to remind folks who want to fire this coach or that coach, it was just four short years ago that Texas went 5-7. It was just two years ago when Texas finally (and legitimately) re-entered the conversation of elite teams on a national level after more than a decade in the wildnerness.

By no means am I absolving the coaches from responsibility for a team’s current performance.

But we’re a grand total of 5 games into this season. Texas has lost on the road to Ohio State and Florida. Context matters.

There’s still a lot of season left. I suggest we let it play out before jumping off bridges, starting this weekend in Dallas.

**

There was a report yesterday that Texas has added the services of an additional offensive line coach, Timmy Drevno.

That report is accurate. However, it’s not anything new.

Drevno joined the Texas coaching staff back in May and has been in Austin ever since. 

**

Texas 20 - OU 17

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Ok, so maybe Sark saw OL problems as early as last May, still too late to really fix them.

I think it's all going to boil down to canning Flood in the off-season and whatever triage we can do in the portal.

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2 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Ok, so maybe Sark saw OL problems as early as last May, still too late to really fix them.

I think it's all going to boil down to canning Flood in the off-season and whatever triage we can do in the portal.

All Gas No Brakes! The sad thing is as stunned and as pissed as I am there is like 1/3 of me still left that is fighting the other 2/3 of me that thinks we can win out. Talk about Burnt Orange Brawndo I been drinking since I was a kiddo. 

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There was a report yesterday that Texas has added the services of an additional offensive line coach, Timmy Drevno.

That report is accurate. However, it’s not anything new.

Drevno joined the Texas coaching staff back in May and has been in Austin ever since. 

How much are we paying Drevno to add no value to our OL?

Sark isn't getting much ROI for these "consultants" he's brought in. Does a competent staff need to add 'yes men' with nothing new to add?

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30 minutes ago, warhorn8 said:

I have serious questions about some of our coaches. What have Banks and Flood really done the last few years? AJ Milwee seems like a yes man. And has Chris Jackson made our WR room any better? Clark doesn’t seem so good right now and I will never understand PKs love for playing corners 10 yards off at all times.

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19 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

Yet he stubbornly refuses to get up in the booth.

We all watched his last game as the Alabama OC.  Even without rose colored glasses on, that was one of the best called games I've ever seen. Virtually every call was perfect for each play's situation.

We've never gotten 10% of that play calling ability demonstrated here.

 

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5 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

We all watched his last game as the Alabama OC.  Even without rose colored glasses on, that was one of the best called games I've ever seen. Virtually every call was perfect for each play's situation.

We've never gotten 10% of that play calling ability demonstrated here.

 

Last years Michigan game was a work of art

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15 minutes ago, Park Gothic said:

I just got back from reading some PSU message boards. Really the only thing that has made me feel better after Saturday. 

They replayed the game the other night. The score doesn’t reflect how UCLA was pretty much in the driver’s seat the whole game. With interim everything on the coaching staff. Penn State BMDs have been like the frog in boiling water with Franklin. Sort of FOMO if they fire him bc he was doing well enough. And hey until last year Day was in the same boat as Franklin as far as a shitty record against top 10 teams. With the expectations for Penn State as high has they were before the season opener, I cannot imagine there is not serious discussion about jettisoning his ass after the season. Winning is hard. 😂 But getting embarrassed like that is hard too. I cannot imagine they keep him. It’s hard to justify unless they don’t care if they are middle tier Big 10 with a chance to spoil someone else’s hopes every year. And maybe sneak into the playoffs just to get throttled. 

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27 minutes ago, CooterBrown said:

We all watched his last game as the Alabama OC. 

Even without rose colored glasses on, that was one of the best called games*  I've ever seen. Virtually every call was perfect for each play's situation.

We've never gotten 10% of that play calling ability demonstrated here.

 


*CORRECTION: First halves

In a script that we all no oh-so-well, Sark didn’t make any halftime adjustments and Bama coasted to a victory with a very pedestrian 2nd half.

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Gerry and Bobby were definitely sunshine pumping, they talked up all the positives and sounded optimistic but when it came to predicting the actual record, their numbers didn’t really match that same energy.

It’s like they wanted to sound confident and upbeat, but they still thought we would lose a few games, definitely not as much as we will lose now.

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9 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

In a script that we all no* oh-so-well, Sark didn’t make any halftime adjustments and Bama coasted to a victory with a very pedestrian 2nd half.

 

*CORRECTION: know 

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4 minutes ago, TexasExe14 said:

Gerry and Bobby were definitely sunshine pumping, they talked up all the positives and sounded optimistic but when it came to predicting the actual record, their numbers didn’t really match that same energy.

It’s like they wanted to sound confident and upbeat, but they still thought we would lose a few games, definitely not as much as we will lose now.

I need to invest in some blindfolds I guess. (This series of gifs with Big Bird inserted into The Birds movie is fucking righteous.) 

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1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said:

Welp. See you guys next season. 


In spite of all signs pointing to a 5/7-7/5 type finish, I will remain irrationally optimistic up until the moment Oklahoma rapes, murders and dumps our lifeless corpse in a back alley dumpster off of Harry Hines. 

Until then? Show me a loss. 

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Adam Rittenberg: Steve Sarkisian defends culture at Texas after latest loss

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Steve Sarkisian once again is the target of widespread scrutiny after Texas' latest high-profile loss. But despite the Longhorns' narrow championship path and their overall lack of big-game success during his coaching tenure in Austin, Sarkisian defended the culture at Texas and praised his team's mindset ahead of Saturday's showdown with Oklahoma in the Allstate Red River Rivalry.

"Probably wouldn't be fair to these guys to say, you know, our culture is perfect right now," Sarkisian said Monday. "They're all -- they're due to do the right things. They were great today. They came in, they were coachable. They took to the tough coaching from Saturday. So their mindset is all there, so that tells me the culture's right. But at the end of the day, we got to play together as a team Saturday."

Sarkisian's comments came two days after Texas fell to 3-2 with Saturday's 29-21 loss at struggling Florida. The Longhorns, the preseason No. 1-ranked team, fell out of the Associated Press poll with the loss and saw their chances of reaching the College Football Playoff drop to just 22%, according to ESPN Analytics.

Texas is just 3-8 against AP top-10 teams all time under Sarkisian, who raised more eyebrows Monday when asked whether he was surprised by the Longhorns' struggles this season. "I don't know if I'm stunned," he responded. "I mean, take the other -- how many teams are there in college football? One hundred and thirty-six. Take the other 135 and have them go play at Ohio State and at the Swamp. See how they do."

Texas reeled off three consecutive victories after its season-opening loss at Ohio State, but the loss at Florida renewed criticism of Sarkisian, who accepted responsibility for the Longhorns' slow start. "We don't have time for the 'poor me.' We don't have time for the 'woe is us,'" he said Monday. "We've got to come to work, and I think I have to exemplify that. I can't let my actions betray my words, and if I'm going to say those things, well, I have to be a model of that, and that's in our preparation."

According to ESPN Analytics, Texas has a 3% chance of running the table and reaching the College Football Playoff as a two-loss team. Beating the sixth-ranked Sooners (5-0) on Saturday would vault the Longhorns back in the thick of the SEC title chase, the first step toward the 12-team playoff. Sarkisian said he didn't like the "noise around how we're playing," but acknowledged that he can't control the narrative about Texas struggling to meet lofty expectations.

"I can't control things outside of our building and outside of our team," he said. "But I can control [our preparation for Oklahoma] and I can control our mindset and I can control our approach. And then, ultimately, the staff and the players follow suit that way. So I have to look at me first, and I can't let my actions betray my words. If I want our players to act a certain way, I surely better model that."

 

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What did Mack say? “Half the teams lose every Saturday…” or some other infuriatingly dismissive bullshit.
 

Mack And Stephen have clearly been hanging out. Steve is probably brushing his teeth with butter now. Dumbass. 

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2 hours ago, TexasExe14 said:

Gerry and Bobby were definitely sunshine pumping, they talked up all the positives and sounded optimistic but when it came to predicting the actual record, their numbers didn’t really match that same energy.

It’s like they wanted to sound confident and upbeat, but they still thought we would lose a few games, definitely not as much as we will lose now.

They refuse to think a team with this much talent can be this bad.. But I'm with them.. We are going to beat Oklahoma this week. And for atleast a few hours after our win.. This board should be in a good mood. 

 

#HookEm 🤘 

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2 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

I need to invest in some blindfolds I guess. (This series of gifs with Big Bird inserted into The Birds movie is fucking righteous.) 

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Needs Mr. Snuffleupagus (AKA Big Bird's "Imaginary Friend").  Lulz.

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2 hours ago, Napoleon said:


*CORRECTION: First halves

In a script that we all no oh-so-well, Sark didn’t make any halftime adjustments and Bama coasted to a victory with a very pedestrian 2nd half.

*know

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3 hours ago, DFW Horn said:

How much are we paying Drevno to add no value to our OL?

Sark isn't getting much ROI for these "consultants" he's brought in. Does a competent staff need to add 'yes men' with nothing new to add?

He didn't recruit any of these players and he is not our OL coach. You have no idea how much influence he has right now. Maybe he's been banging the table to start Cruz at center and Kibble at guard. Who knows. Assigning him blame seems bizarre to me. 

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1 minute ago, Red Five said:

He didn't recruit any of these players and he is not our OL coach. You have no idea how much influence he has right now. Maybe he's been banging the table to start Cruz at center and Kibble at guard. Who knows. Assigning him blame seems bizarre to me. 

They wasted 3 G5 opportunities to experiment with the OL and took a public embarrassment to get here, but it finally appears Sark realizes the OL is a huge issue. That is what I took from this hiring. 

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4 minutes ago, Codaxx said:

They wasted 3 G5 opportunities to experiment with the OL and took a public embarrassment to get here, but it finally appears Sark realizes the OL is a huge issue. That is what I took from this hiring. 

I’d bet Sark forced Stroh and wouldn’t allow changes to be experimented. That seems more likely. 

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3 hours ago, MuellerHorn said:

I’m amazed.

I probably shouldn’t be, given that I’ve been covering college football and the Longhorns for 30+ years.

But it still gets me every time.

The sheer amount of people who expect absolute perfection on every snap, in every game, and from every player with no or little regard to their experience level, their talent level or the talent and experience level of their opponents.

I’m not talking about fair, honest critiques.

I’m talking about the folks who don’t seem to understand that context matters.

**

I would also like to remind folks who want to fire this coach or that coach, it was just four short years ago that Texas went 5-7. It was just two years ago when Texas finally (and legitimately) re-entered the conversation of elite teams on a national level after more than a decade in the wildnerness.

By no means am I absolving the coaches from responsibility for a team’s current performance.

But we’re a grand total of 5 games into this season. Texas has lost on the road to Ohio State and Florida. Context matters.

There’s still a lot of season left. I suggest we let it play out before jumping off bridges, starting this weekend in Dallas.

 

Who is expecting perfection? I think we all expect a well coached hard nosed football team in year 5. Bobby’s comment here sounds stupid. 
 

 

also Florida isn’t good, he treating them as if they’re a top ranked team which is laughable. 

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4 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

Who is expecting perfection? I think we all expect a well coached hard nosed football team in year 5. Bobby’s comment here sounds stupid. 
 

 

also Florida isn’t good, he treating them as if they’re a top ranked team which is laughable. 

especially when the ags coast to win over them this weekend. We are in the early stages of the Sark decline. Some fans just don't know it yet. Next few years will be painful.

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Just now, Sarkisagenius said:

especially when the ags coast to win over them this weekend. We are in the early stages of the Sark decline. Some fans just don't know it yet. Next few years will be painful.

Painful is people acting like there are no ways to fix these issues. We will invest heavy in OL during the offseason and things will likely improve to make the most of Arch’s final year (if he stays). We will likely pursue more speed in the offseason as well and let some guys walk who overestimate their value.

Portal recruiting in the trenches failed this year, but that’s part of the risk in going heavy portal. How a freshman AA has such a hard time against the run is beyond me. 

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2 minutes ago, Atticus said:

Painful is people acting like there are no ways to fix these issues. We will invest heavy in OL during the offseason and things will likely improve to make the most of Arch’s final year (if he stays). We will likely pursue more speed in the offseason as well and let some guys walk who overestimate their value.

Portal recruiting in the trenches failed this year, but that’s part of the risk in going heavy portal. How a freshman AA has such a hard time against the run is beyond me. 

anything is possible. The fact that sark is a terrible developer of quarterbacks cannot be disputed at this point, however. I wish he'd go after a seasoned qb in the portal. One who was developed by someone other than Sark.

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1 hour ago, Tex Pete said:

What did Mack say? “Half the teams lose every Saturday…” or some other infuriatingly dismissive bullshit.
 

Mack And Stephen have clearly been hanging out. Steve is probably brushing his teeth with butter now. Dumbass. 

Not to defend Mack, but if anyone deserves dismissing, it's a bunch of message board geniuses.

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3 minutes ago, Atticus said:

Painful is people acting like there are no ways to fix these issues. We will invest heavy in OL during the offseason and things will likely improve to make the most of Arch’s final year (if he stays). We will likely pursue more speed in the offseason as well and let some guys walk who overestimate their value.

Portal recruiting in the trenches failed this year, but that’s part of the risk in going heavy portal. How a freshman AA has such a hard time against the run is beyond me. 

😂 Arch doesn’t want to be a UDFA.

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